Ironclad USS Essex at docked at Baton Rouge
Ironclad USS Essex at docked at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, July 1862. On August 5, 1862, USS Essex helped repel a Confederate Army attack on Baton Rouge. USS Essex was a 1000-ton ironclad river gunboat of the Union Navy during the US Civil War. USS Essex was originally constructed in 1856 at New Albany, Indiana, as a steam-powered ferry named New Era. Photo by McPherson and Oliver
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13123670
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45384692
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3000px x 1848px
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Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
Source
Courtesy Everett Collection
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